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The Great Wave, Sete

photograph by Gustave Le Gray
Photograph photograph Q3209564
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Summary

The Great Wave, Sete is a photograph[1]. It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • Maintained by: Met Museum Department of Photographs[3]
  • Genre: marine art[4]
  • Depicts: wind wave[5], Sète[6], breakwater[7], marine art[8]
  • Made from material: albumen print[9]
  • Collection: Bibliothèque nationale de France[10], Metropolitan Museum of Art[11], Musée des Beaux-Arts de Troyes[12], Los Angeles County Museum of Art[13]
  • Inventory number: M.2008.40.1284[14], 1976.646[15]
  • Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art[16]
  • Commons category: La Grande Vague, Sète[17]
  • Color: black-and-white[18]
  • Country of origin: France[19]
  • Inception: 1857[20]
  • Narrative location: Sète[21]
  • Described by source: Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History[22], The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide (2012 edition)[23]
  • Height: 33.7 cm[24]
  • Width: 41.4 cm[25]
  • Copyright status: public domain[26]
  • P14574: Gustave Le Gray[27]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . gallica.bnf.fr. gallica.bnf.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. metmuseum.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Metropolitan Museum of Art. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14d ago · Rebot bot · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Collection → Bibliothèque nationale de France, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Troyes +1
    Made from material → albumen print
    Narrative location → Sète
    Copyright status → public domain
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-statements-multiple-properties-update:0||2 */ Bot: P170 by P14574 substitution, see [[Wikidata:Requests for permissions/Bot/Rebot 4]]"
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